title: Was Akhenaten really sick?
abstract: The depictions of Akhenaten have long interested medicine and above all endocrinology because of the eunuch gynoid morphology of this pharaoh. These depictions call to mind various diagnostic hypotheses that have been successively considered as endocrinology progresses, with emphasis on the three diseases recently identified (gynecomastia family, Kennedy's disease, and fertile eunuch syndrome), which are compatible with the now proven fertility of Akhenaten.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Service, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Timone Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Codaccioni
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Conte-Devolx
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Argémi
mesh_terms: D055534:Bulbo-Spinal Atrophy, X-Linked / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D000076144:Egypt, Ancient; D005058:Eunuchism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005197:Famous Persons; D006177:Gynecomastia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009106:Mummies